Rank

State

% Change
1998-99

Rank

State

% Change
1998-99

1

Nevada

5.3

27

Oregon

1.9

2

Arizona

3.4

28

Wyoming

1.9

3

Florida

3.4

29

Rhode Island

1.9

4

Colorado

3.3

30

Indiana

1.8

5

Georgia

3

31

Nebraska

1.8

6

Delaware

2.9

32

Pennsylvania

1.8

7

California

2.9

33

Massachusetts

1.8

8

Utah

2.6

34

Connecticut

1.7

9

Maryland

2.5

35

Missouri

1.7

10

New York

2.5

36

New Jersey

1.6

11

Idaho

2.5

37

Montana

1.5

12

Virginia

2.5

38

Arkansas

1.5

13

New Hampshire

2.5

39

Iowa

1.5

14

Maine

2.5

40

Ohio

1.5

15

South Dakota

2.5

41

Illinois

1.4

16

Minnesota

2.3

42

Kansas

1.3

17

Vermont

2.3

43

Oklahoma

1.2

18

South Carolina

2.3

44

New Mexico

1

19

Wisconsin

2.2

45

North Dakota

1

20

North Carolina

2.2

46

Alabama

0.9

21

Kentucky

2.1

47

Alaska

0.8

22

Texas

2.1

48

Louisiana

0.7

23

Washington

2.1

49

Hawaii

0.6

24

Michigan

2.1

50

West Virginia

0.5

25

Mississippi

1.9

District of Columbia

2.4

26

Tennessee

1.9

United States

2.2